Shirt band and cuff button



July 31, 1923.

J. C. STOCKS SHIRT'BAND AND CUFF BUTTON Filed Dec. 5, 1921 Patented M 31, 1923..

JAMES o. s'rooxs, or ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

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Application filed December 5,1921. I Serial No. 519,981."

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, JAMEs C. S'rooKs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have in -rented certain new and useful Improvements in'Shirt'Band and Cuff Buttons, of which the following is a speci fication, reference being had to the accompanyi'ng. drawings.

This invention relates to fastening de-' vices, and particularly to devices for temporarily fastening the neck bands and cuffs I of shirts or like articles together.

Shirt manufacturers and laundries'usually employa; wooden button for fastening the neck band and the cuffs of a shirt together, after the shirts are made or laundered. The style of button now used for this purpose is relatively expensive, and it isthe purpose of the present invention to dispense with this at all when the shirt is worn by a wearer. It is therefore, another purpose to provide, a very inexpensive,'simple and practical button which can be stamped and formed one operation by a die from a relatively thin: pliable sheet metal, preferably tin, though not necessarily. V I J 7 Still another purpose is the prov1s1on of a buttonof this character, which is provided with means for spreading the walls of the.

buttonholes of a shirt band or the cuff,

when the buttons are being inserted, en-

abling the operatorto insert the button much more easily than is possible wlth'the old style wooden button.

A further purpose consists in the provi sion of a button having means to draw the various thicknesses of the shlrt bands or cufi's securely together, when the button or fastener is turned in the button hole, to intension when being spread, the button is I sure holding the thicknesses clamped together;

A still further purpose is the provision of a button which includes enlargements at its opposite ends, in combination with a neck intermediate and connecting the enlargements, sothat when the button isinserted inf the button hole and given a quarter turn 7 button shown in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive;

sufli'ci'ent' to dispose the neck at right angles to the length of the button'hole, the walls of the button hole are spread, and due to their held in; place, and furthermore the enlargements' are positioned in alignment with the button as applied to 'a cui'f.

length of the button holes, thereby holding the thicknesses of the neck band or the'cuif more securely together, than can be accomplished with a wooden button. I

Additionally the invention aims to provide dished portions formed in the opposite enlargements, acting to not only separate the walls of the button hole when the button is inserted, but also for reinforcing the button.

The dished portions of the opposite enlargements of thebuttons are adapted to be engaged by the fingers so thattheopposite ends of the button may be forced" toward each othertighter than a button having opposite plain surfaces.

The dished portions of'the opposite ends of the button additionally serve to retain the button in the button hole, especially in case one end of the button becomes accidentally bent atright'angles to the neck band or cuff.

While the design and construction at present illustrated and 'set forthqare deemed preferable, itis obvious that as a result of a reduction of the invention to a more practical form: for commercial purposes, the invent on may be susceptible of changes, and the right to these changes is claimed, provided they are comprehended within the scope "of what is claimed.

Inthe drawings:- Figure 1 is a view. same laundered and folded in the manner in whlch the manufacturersusually, arrange them, and illustrating a button connecting the neck band, and also a similar button connecting the cuffs;

;F1gure 2 is an enlarged detail perspective v1ew of the opposite ends of a neck band, showing them connected by my improved button' V I Figure 3 is a view showing the first step used in arranging the button in place;

of a shirt showing the Figure 4 is a like view to Figure 3 showing I neck band ends v Flgure 5 is a sectional view on line 5 5 the secondstep in applying thebutton to the of Figure 2, showingthe last step inapplying thebutton; v

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail view of the Figure 7 is a view of a modified form of Figure 8 is Figure 7;

Figure 9, 1s a view showing themo'diiied a sectional view on line 88 of with one end bent s raight at right angles to the cuff.

Figure is a perspective view of a button particularly designed for fastening cuffs;

Figure 11 is a detail view of a modified form of button.

Figure 12 is a longitudinal sectional view through Figure 11 Figure 13 is an enlarged perspective view of a modified form of button;

Figure 1a is a longitudinal sectional view through Figure 13;

Figure illustrates another medified form of button.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a button formed of thin, pliable sheet metal, shaped to provide two circular enlargements 2' at the opposite ends connected by a reduced neck 3,. The button can be stamped or drop forged in one operation from a piece of su1table pliable sheet metal, preferably tin, and

is worn, the button is discarded.

may be made any size and the blank after having been forged or stamped is capable of being bent into shape by the fingers so as to bring the enlargements into approximately parallel relation and of temporarily retaining this form until bent out of this form.

The neck is designed to be short enough, so 7 that when the button is inserted through the button holes and two thicknesses of the shirt band, the thicknesses may be drawn close and tightly together. However in order to employ a button for fastening the opposite sides ofthe cuff together, the neck 3 is de-' signed to be made longer as at 3 in Figure 10. This is due to the fact that the button is required to engage through four thicknesses of the cuff, in fact through the opposite body portions of the cuff, and through the folded portions of the cuff. The cuff button herein set forth is designed to insure a clamping action on the various thicknesses of. fabric material, for instance the two parts of the shirt front, the two parts of the neck band, and the opposite parts of cuffs, to'hold such parts clamped, after the shirt or other garment has been folded and packed in boxes for shipment. In other words this button, is designed primarily for shirt fronts, cuffs, neck bands and collars prior to such garments being worn, that is to say, at the time of the manufacture, it being obvious that when the shirt, collar or other garment A button of. this. character may also be used in laundries, for clamping the various parts in position, after a shirt or other garment has been laundered, and which is very essential. If the neck'was made short as is used in the button for the neck band, it would be impossible to clamp the opposite sides of the cuff together, owing to there being many thicknesses of material between the clamping enlargements or parts of the button.

As shown at 4 in Figure 15 of the draw.- mg, the neck of the button may have opposite curved edges, which gradually merge into the curved edges of'the enlargements 2 of the button.

iVhen fastening the opposite portions of the shirt band together or the various thicknesses of the cuff, the button is given a quarter turn after itis inserted so that the neck lies in the button holes, and when the button is given this quarter turn, the neck of the button assumes a position at right angles to the button holes, spreading the walls of the button holes, and when the button is in the act of being turned, the opposite edges 5 of the enlargements 2 adjacent where the neck joins the enlargements, bear upon the walls of the thicknesses of the neck band or other gari'nent, thereby drawing the different thicknesses together. Obviously after the button is given a quarter turn and tie thicknesses are drawn together in this man ner, the opposite enlargements 2 of thebutton are bent at right angles to the neck,

clamping the various thicknesses of the gare opposite enlargements 2 of the button are dished, or conveX-concavo, so as to provide bulges on the corresponding faces of the enlargements. These bulges or protuberances 6 act to additionally spread the walls of the.

button hole when the button is inserted. Furthermore should one end of the button become accidentally bent at right angles to the surface of the neck band or 0115, the protuberance or bulge 6 will prevent the button from becoming accidentally detached.

Tn Figures 13 and 14 the opposite enlarge ments of the button having their bulges or protuberances formed a short distance in ward of the edges of the enlargements 2. By this construction the enl r 'ement 2 first acts to spread the button hole,'whereas the protuberance acts to additionally spread the button hole. In fact the protuberance spreads the walls of the button hole also a distance equal to the width of the neck 3.

Furthermore when inserting a button having the protuberances at its opposite ends, the operator can very readily apply pressure on the protuberances, and cause the enlargements 2 to more securely clamp the thicknesses of the neck band or cuff together. in fact the protuberances act to withstand the pressure of the fingers.

i vhen inserting a button, where the opposite -edges of the neck gradually merge into n Lin) Cal the edges of the enlargements 2, the button may be more easily given a half turn, due to the edges of the neck camming upon the material, and gradually Working around.

The invention having been set forth, What is claimed is 1. As an article of manufacture, a blank 7 for use as a temporary button adapted to blank being formed of a thin strip of pliable material adapted When bent to retain its shape, the blank being shaped. to provide a relatively short and Wide neck portion-having circular enlargements at its opposite ends,the circular enlargements beingadapted to be bent overby the fingers into substantially parallelism to clamp several thick' nesses of material between them.

3. As an article of manufacture,:a blank for forming temporary buttonsfor garments formed of relatively thin sheet metal adapted to be bent by} the fingers and retain said bend comprising a relatively short'neck, a clrcular Fenlargement formed at OPPOSltB ends of the neck, the neck being relatively Wide, each of said circular enlargements having a concave-convex form.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affixmy signature. v

JAMES C. sTooKs. 

